Consuelo Fould (22 November 1862 – 1927) was a French painter. Fould was born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

as the daughter of the actress Josephine Wilhelmine Valérie Simonin, better known under her pseudonym Gustave Haller, and politician Gustave-Eugène Fould, of the

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of bankers. She was adopted along with her sister, the painter

Georges Achille Fould Georges Achille-Fould or George-Achille Fould-Stirbey (24 August 1868 – 24 August 1951) was a French painter. Achille-Fould was born in Asnières-sur-Seine as the daughter of the actress Valérie Simonin, Josephine Wilhelmine Valérie Simonin, ...

, by the Prince Stirbey. She was a pupil of Antoine Vollon and

Léon Comerre Léon François Comerre (10 October 1850 – 20 February 1916) was a French Academic art, academic painter, famous for his portraits of beautiful women and Oriental themes. Life Comerre was born in Trélon, in the Nord (French department), ...

and exhibited at the Paris Salon. Consuelo Fould married the Marquis de Grasse. She was the founder of the Museum Roybet Fould in Courbevoie. She died in

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. Her painting ''Will You Buy?'' was included in the 1905 book ''

Women Painters of the World ''Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day'', assembled and edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow, lists an overview of prominent women painters up to 1905, the year of publication. Th ...

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Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day
', by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905

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